I
certainly can't imagine you saying: "Oh, let them do as best they
can!" That would have been selfish with a vengeance.'
'Now you are speaking kindly! Must you go, Jasper?'
'I must indeed. Two hours' work I am bound to get before seven
o'clock.'
'And I have been making it harder for you, by disturbing your
mind.'
'No, no; it's all right now. I shall go at it with all the more
energy, now we have come to a decision.'
'Dora has asked me to go to Kew on Sunday. Shall you be able to
come, dear?'
'By Jove, no! I have three engagements on Sunday afternoon. I'll
try and keep the Sunday after; I will indeed.'
'What are the engagements?' she asked timidly.
As they walked back towards Gloucester Gate, he answered her
question, showing how unpardonable it would be to neglect the
people concerned. Then they parted, Jasper going off at a smart
pace homewards.
Marian turned down Park Street, and proceeded for some distance
along Camden Road. The house in which she and her parents now
lived was not quite so far away as St Paul's Crescent; they
rented four rooms, one of which had to serve both as Alfred
Yule's sitting-room and for the gatherings of the family at
meals.
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